Australian Music Correspondents chosen for Amrap / noise partnership

12 young broadcasters from community radio stations around the country have
been selected as Music Correspondents for the community broadcasting
sector’s Australian Music Radio Airplay Project (AMRAP) as part of this
years noise festival.

The 12 will each produce 3 short packages that profile
young Australian musicians or tell interesting stories from their local
music scene that will be broadcast during the noise festival in October this
year.

The Amrap noise Music Correspondents are:

Mundanara Bayles, 4AAA, Brisbane, Aged 19

Anthony,Columbo, 2000 FM Sydney , Aged 24

Simone Ubaldi, 3RRR Melbourne , Aged 24

Kelly Fitzgerald,2MCE Bathurst , Aged 20

Sara Fonck, 6RTR Perth, Aged 21

Elise Potaka, 2SER Sydney, Aged 24

Renee Peterson, 4MET Gold Coast, Aged 24

Rico Adjrun, 8KNB, Darwin,Aged 24

Julia Thomas, 2FBI, Sydney, Aged 20

Zan Rowe, 3RRR, Melbourne, Aged 25

Luke Altmann, 5UV, Adelaide, Aged 23

Fiona Black, 3PBS , Melbourne, Aged 20

Over 100 applications were received from young radio makers at community
radio stations around the country. The final 12 are all aged 25 and under
and come from Darwin, Perth, Bathurst, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Adelaide,
Sydney and Melbourne.

“We were looking for a way to not only raise the profile of a fresh batch of
musicians but also to encourage the next generation of skilled and
knowledgeable music broadcasters in this country,”
says Amrap Project Manager
Paul Mason.

“Obviously community radio stations are where you’re going to find those
broadcasters. This initiative puts us in the unique position of
being able to resource those young people to make highly produced radio
pieces, and through noise’s other partners, find new places for that work to
be heard.”

Another unique element of the Initiative is its Mentor Program. Each of the
12 Music correspondents selected have been matched with a radio professional
who has volunteered their time to act as a kind of “supervising producer”
giving feedback and advice about how best to shape and refine the pieces.

Mentors have come from Community Radio, ABC, and SBS and have all been
generous with their time and support.

ABC Radio National’s Tim Ritchie is one of the participating mentors and
believes that meeting young people who share a passion for radio is a shot
in the arm “….apart from feeling like I’m paying something back to the
industry, I’m making really worthwhile connections with future employees. An
hour spent with the person I’m currently mentoring is worth more to me than
a three day seminar on the future of ideas in radio.”

The Music Correspondents “have gone straight to work and it’s already clear
that some exciting and challenging radio will be produced through this
initiative.”

”Fiona Black, 20, from Melbourne takes a look new Australian music
instruments and the young people that are making them. Mundanara Bayles,
19, from Brisbane will be highlighting the music produced by young
incarcerated indigenous people who want to share their stories through their
lyrics. While Luke Altmann, 24, from Adelaide takes us into the world of the
latest classical composers. Back in Sydney, Anthony Columbo, 24, covers the
Italian music scene with more pace than the world cup.”

All the pieces produced under the initiative will be broadcast in October as
part of the noise festival, on community radio stations around the country
and via other noise radio partners.